The current project, to create a standalone reticulated system for Matata with disposal to land was revived in 2021 after several years of community lobbying, including the formation of a Matatā Reticulated Sewage Action Group in 2018.
The proposed plan includes average rate rises of 15 percent in year one, 12.7 percent in year two and 9.5 percent in year three.
About $9m had been spent on the project to date, of $28m budgeted.
The outbreak was deemed large enough to put the council’s containment programme back several years.
An Environment Canterbury councillor says chairperson Peter Scott should not resume the role following an investigation into illegal farming practices, citing the cost to ratepayers.
More speeding infringements were issued in Rakaia in a month than in the previous three years combined.
Figures used in this LDR analysis were the average rates increase as indicated by councils in their annual plans.
The Oxford-Ohoka Community Board will continue to fight a proposed landfill in the Environment Court.
Kaikōura's Te Whare Putea Charitable Trust is planning to take over the ownership of seven temporary accommodation units, as it prepares its bid to become an accredited community housing provider.
This year there were 20 finalists with seven category winners.
Seumanu is the first to admit Auckland Council has a long way to go at improving outcomes for the city’s Pacific communities.
David Seymour’s expectation that drug-buying policy be based on need rather than ethnicity misses the point: the Treaty of Waitangi is already about equality, and can help guide good decisions.
Most people don't want to invest in weapons, but don't realise that's where their money is going, ethical investment charity says.
A group of licensed Māori translators have hit out at the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill, calling it factually incorrect and misleading.
Had Te Rangitepāia been asked, they would have said the boot camp "doesn't sit right" with their hapū's kaupapa, a representative says.
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister Matai Seremaiah says many children in the Pacific no longer live with their parents because of labour schemes in Australia and New Zealand.
Cyber experts are warning New Zealand companies caught in the CrowdStrike IT outage it could be several days before they are protected.
Survivors have been waiting decades to see their abuse officially acknowledged - and the way they're being treated is "wrong", advocate says.
Analysis - US President Joe Biden, who channelled perseverance and grit into a 50-year run in American politics, finally met a foe he could not beat.
Fans in Balclutha have secured the chance to see New Zealand’s biggest band perform One More Show on their Grassroots Tour in their town, thanks to One NZ.
The results are in and Mahé Drysdale has been confirmed as Tauranga City’s new mayor.
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) outlines hopes for the upcoming reforms and concerns about the state of the healthcare system and primary healthcare in particular.
These new, temporary speed limits are in place from today, 23 July. They will be reviewed and amended across the coming winter days to match the conditions/ground temperatures in this area and weather forecasts.
The Industry Steering Group looks forward to working constructively with central and local government and alongside the sector to improve both the real and perceived value of temporary traffic management.
Our experience is the system has been losing people, not adding to the workforce. This is another major health decision that seems to be taking place in a totally different reality to the one health workers are living in.
